Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1988, 9:10 PM CST for Madison County, Monroe County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1988, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1988, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, IL | |
| Nov 15, 9:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSTL 160311
SVRSTL
ILC119-133-163-160400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
910 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
...MADISON...MONROE...ST CLAIR
AT 910 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN THE
COUNTIES OF MONROE...ST CLAIR AND MADISON. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE
REPORTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF DESOTO IN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:28 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 528 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH CLEARED ALONG THE MISSOURI...KANSAS LINE... TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST... NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. BUT THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER TODAY IN WESTERN MISSOURI HAS BEEN CLEARED ALONG THE MISSOURI...KANSAS LINE...FROM AROUND MARYVILLE...SOUTH THROUGH KANSAS CITY...THEN SOUTH THROUGH NEVADA...NEOSHO AND JOPLIN. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY OVER MOST OF MISSOURI TONIGHT...AT LEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FAR WEST PART OF THE STATE HAS ENDED. JUST BEFORE 430 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MISSOURI WERE IN A BAND FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...THROUGH JUST WEST OF SEDALIA... TO THE AREA BETWEEN JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD. MCCARTHY
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:56 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 455 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 453 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WAS CENTERED FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL NEAR SUMNER TO 20 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL TO 15 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA TO WARSAW. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS THEY MAY CONTIUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI UNITL 8PM. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAGEMEYER
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:12 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 713 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...WESTERN HALF OF MISSOURI CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCHES... TORNADO WATCHES ISSUED EARLIER TODAY INCLUDING WESTERN MISSOURI HAVE BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI...THROUGH COLUMBIA...THROUGH THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...TO LEBANON...AND SOUTH TO THE ARKANSAS LINE AT THE TANEY...OZARK COUNTY LINE. TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MISSOURI. MCCARTHY
Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:47 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
8 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988
...PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OVER CENTRAL
MISSOURI...DETAILS AND TIMES ARE SKETCHY AT THIS TIME...
TIME REPORT
505 PM TRAILERS DAMAGED IN TRAILER COURT IN WARSAW IN BENTON
COUNTY.
515 PM HOUSE DAMAGED BY HIGH WINDS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW
IN BENTON COUNTY.
5PM TO 530 PM THREE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN PETTIS COUNTY...
1. NORTH OF GREENRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 127 POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN...HIGHWAY 127 BLOCKED. 2 FARM STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND A ROOF TORN
OFF A HOUSE.
2. WEST OF SEDALIA 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 TWO 20 BY 40 FEET POLE
BARNS DESTROYED.
3. EAST OF SEDALIA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 NEAR ROUTE O. TORNADO CONFIRMED
ON THE GROUND BY HIGHWAY PATROL AND CITIZENS - NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
525 PM ROOF OFF OF HOUSE AND POLE BARN DESTROYED 2 MILES NORTH
OF LAMONTE IN PETTIS COUNTY.
545 TO 555 PM WIDESPREAD TREE AND WINDOW DAMAGE IN BOONVILLE IN COOPER
COUNTY. POWER LINES DOWN. FALLING TREES DAMAGED HOUSES AND CARS. WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT OF HOUSES. NO INIDCATION AT THIS TIME DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY
TORNADO.
545 PM GARAGE TORN FROM HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING DESTROYED IN
FAYETTE IN HOWARD COUNTY.
546 PM 60 MPH WINDS AT VERSAILLES IN MORGAN COUNTY
6PM 60 PLUS MPH WINDS AT JAMESTOWN IN MONITEAU COUNTY.
610 PM HIGH WIND AT OMAR BRADLEY AIRPORT IN MOBERLY. HANGER
DOORS BLOWN ON TOP OF AIRCRAFT.
610 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AT MIDWAY IN BOONE COUNTY.
620 PM 61 MPH WIND RECORDED AT COLUMBIA EOC
621 PM 80 MPH WINDS IN MACON...MACON COUNTY...POWER LINES DOWN.
615 TO 630 PM NORTH OF MOBERLY IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...A ROOF WAS BLOWN
OFF A HOUSE AND A TRAILER OVERTURNED IN MOBERLY AND CAIRO. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 63 BETWEEN MACON AND
MOBERLY.
645 PM 50 KNOT GUSTS AT JEFFERSON CITY AIRPORT IN CALLAWAY
COUNTY.
645 PM 51 KNOT GUSTS AT FORT LEONARD WOOD IN PULASKI COUNTY.
653 PM CENTRALIA AND STURGEON WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
POWER LINE DOWN.
655 PM 60 MPH WINDS IN FULTON IN CALLAWAY COUNTY.
700 PM BARN DESTROYED 1 MILES EAST OF FREEBURG IN OSAGE COUNTY
730 PM ST ROBERTS...NEAR WAYNESVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY...MOBILE
HOMES OVERTURNED AND SOME BUSINESSES DAMAGED.
730 PM APPARENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES EAST OF LINN IN OSAGE
COUNTY. POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
730 PM POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN...MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN
JUDGE IN OSAGE COUNTY...EAST OF LINN ON ROUTE CC.
746 PM ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ONE MILE SOUTH OF I-70 ON ROUTE
19...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY CITY.The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.